Minnesota Timberwolves 103, Oklahoma City Thunder 116 — Recap

March 15, 2026 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Minnesota Timberwolves 103, Oklahoma City Thunder 116. Scoring by quarter: Q1 MIN 22-23 OKC; Q2 MIN 31-24 OKC; Q3 MIN 23-33 OKC; Q4 MIN 27-36 OKC.

Top performers (box score): Julius Randle (MIN) 32 points, 7 rebounds, 6 assists, 3 threes on 11-of-18 shooting; Chet Holmgren (OKC) 21 points, 9 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 threes on 9-of-13 shooting; Isaiah Joe (OKC) 20 points, 4 rebounds, 0 assists, 4 threes on 8-of-14 shooting; Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (OKC) 20 points, 3 rebounds, 10 assists, 2 threes on 7-of-22 shooting; Anthony Edwards (MIN) 19 points, 6 rebounds, 5 assists, 2 threes on 6-of-17 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · MIN

Julius Randle

32 PTS, 7 REB, 6 AST, 3 3PM · 11-18 FG

Scoring · OKC

Chet Holmgren

21 PTS, 9 REB, 2 AST, 1 3PM · 9-13 FG

Scoring · OKC

Isaiah Joe

20 PTS, 4 REB, 0 AST, 4 3PM · 8-14 FG

Every player's line is in the box score below; the play-by-play is available in the BlowOutAlert workspace.

📊 Game Flow

MIN 9 largest lead Q3 6:41 (MIN 68, OKC 59) · 8-0 run, Q2 1:32–Q2 0:01

OKC 15 largest lead Q4 7:02 (MIN 85, OKC 100) · 9-0 run, Q1 11:14–Q1 9:36

Swings 4 lead changes Tied 7 times

Ahead for good: Alex Caruso makes driving layup (Cason Wallace assists) (Q3 1:32, MIN 73, OKC 75).

Linescore

	1	2	3	4		T
MIN	22	31	23	27		103
OKC	23	24	33	36		116

🧮 How They Scored

MINOKC

32Points in the paint46

10Fast-break points17

7Second-chance points20

6Points off turnovers29

32Bench points61

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

56.5%Effective FG%49.0%

20.2%Turnover %6.0%

21.6%Offensive rebound %28.3%

0.286Free-throw rate0.188

Box Score

Minnesota Timberwolves

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Anthony Edwards G	37	19	6	5	1	1	6	6-17	2-5	5-10	-7
Julius Randle F	35	32	7	6	0	1	1	11-18	3-5	7-8	-5
Ayo Dosunmu G	32	18	4	0	0	0	2	7-9	4-5	0-0	-3
Donte DiVincenzo G	30	16	9	1	0	0	1	6-9	4-7	0-0	-7
Rudy Gobert C	29	2	7	2	1	0	4	1-4	0-0	0-0	-23
Naz Reid F-C	28	6	4	0	2	0	4	1-5	0-3	4-4	-4
Jaden McDaniels F	16	2	1	1	0	0	2	1-3	0-2	0-0	-17
Nah'Shon Hyland G	13	3	0	2	0	2	0	1-5	1-4	0-0	-9
Kyle Anderson F	12	0	5	0	1	0	2	0-1	0-0	0-0	-2
Terrence Shannon Jr. G-F	2	3	0	1	0	0	0	1-2	1-1	0-0	+3
Rocco Zikarsky C	2	2	1	0	0	1	0	1-3	0-0	0-0	+3
Joe Ingles F	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	+3
Jaylen Clark G	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	+3

Oklahoma City Thunder

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander G	33	20	3	10	2	1	1	7-22	2-4	4-5	+3
Chet Holmgren C-F	32	21	9	2	3	1	0	9-13	1-4	2-2	+23
Ajay Mitchell G	27	11	5	3	2	0	2	4-13	1-4	2-2	+1
Cason Wallace G	25	4	6	7	3	2	0	1-4	0-0	2-2	+11
Alex Caruso G	22	17	2	1	3	0	0	6-10	1-3	4-4	-3
Isaiah Joe G	21	20	4	0	0	0	1	8-14	4-8	0-0	+23
Isaiah Hartenstein F-C	21	0	12	3	0	2	1	0-3	0-0	0-0	+13
Jaylin Williams F	19	5	3	2	1	0	2	2-7	1-5	0-0	-2
Luguentz Dort G	18	3	0	0	1	0	0	0-4	0-2	3-4	-6
Jared McCain G	17	15	0	0	1	0	0	5-10	5-9	0-0	+13
Aaron Wiggins G	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-1	0-1	0-0	-11

🔬 Advanced Stats

Minnesota TimberwolvesTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Julius Randle	Starter	35	32	—	—	—	—
Anthony Edwards	Starter	37	19	—	—	—	—
Donte DiVincenzo	Starter	30	16	—	—	—	—
Rudy Gobert	Starter	29	2	—	—	—	—
Jaden McDaniels	Starter	16	2	—	—	—	—
Ayo Dosunmu	Bench	32	18	—	—	—	—
Naz Reid	Bench	28	6	—	—	—	—
Nah'Shon Hyland	Bench	13	3	—	—	—	—
Terrence Shannon Jr.	Bench	02	3	—	—	—	—
Rocco Zikarsky	Bench	2	2	—	—	—	—
Kyle Anderson	Bench	12	0	—	—	—	—
Mike Conley	Bench	00	0	—	—	—	—
Joe Ingles	Bench	02	0	—	—	—	—
Jaylen Clark	Bench	02	0	—	—	—	—

Oklahoma City ThunderTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Chet Holmgren	Starter	32	21	—	—	—	—
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander	Starter	33	20	—	—	—	—
Ajay Mitchell	Starter	27	11	—	—	—	—
Luguentz Dort	Starter	18	3	—	—	—	—
Isaiah Hartenstein	Starter	21	0	—	—	—	—
Isaiah Joe	Bench	21	20	—	—	—	—
Alex Caruso	Bench	22	17	—	—	—	—
Jared McCain	Bench	17	15	—	—	—	—
Jaylin Williams	Bench	19	5	—	—	—	—
Cason Wallace	Bench	25	4	—	—	—	—
Kenrich Williams	Bench	00	0	—	—	—	—
Aaron Wiggins	Bench	05	0	—	—	—	—